Re: Zotob worm patch?

I'm sure all the companies that got hit with the Zotob worm had
firewalls enabled. Microsoft issued a critical update over a week
ago to prevent this infection. I guess they too thought a firewall
was all they need....guess they were wrong.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"t.cruise" wrote:

|I respect your opinion. I have found, what Microsoft considers critical, is not always
| critical. Many critical updates should have a disclaimer: If you are using a decent
| firewall, then this update is not necessary. My question was not answered though. If one
| has a decent firewall, will that stop the zotob worm from infecting a system?
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|
| T.C.

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